Contain Podcast: Accursed Share

On #CurseNFT and the Accursed Share project, subcultures and value, building out smart-contract toolkits at the end of the world and the role of reenchantment in the solar economy.

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“Bienvenidos al rito.”
—Gustavo Cerati

Charlie Curran and I recently had this conversation on Barrett Avner’s Contain, a very special podcast built on good vibes and flow states. Here’s a preview:

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https://anchor.fm/contain/episodes/Ep--58-PREVIEW-The-Accursed-Share-Monica-Belevan--Charlie-Curran-e11hc65

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In this episode, we discuss March’s NFT explosion as a matter of historical necessity and in relation to r/wallstreetbets and the general/libidinal economy. We wax apophatic about the taxonomy of curses, crypto as a new occult practice and its role as a paradigm-threatening subculture.

We also introduce Accursed Share, our Bataillean contribution to this psychodrama, through the genesis and implications of its inaugural project: the lifting of an actual, algorithmic curse via an artistic intervention that proves Clarke’s Third Law, “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Remember Token & Taboo? We did it.

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For updates on the #CurseNFT, visit: https://accursedshare.art/the-curse-nft/

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Tzompantli at the Museo del Templo Mayor, CDMX.